More male birds in logged forests
Logging can have big impacts on nature and careful management can greatly reduce the impacts on wildlife. Now a Canadian study could have thrown in another situation that needs to be considered. When...
View ArticleMore evidence to suggest Chernobyl wildlife recovering well.
It’s been a long time since the accident at Chernobyl but the scientific arguments over the long-lasting effect of radiation on the local wildlife continues. Local ecologists claim that the wildlife...
View ArticleNew real time bird diversity monitoring now possible
Bird surveys can be labour extensive and often need willing volunteers who are not just prepared to sit it out for a few hours but are also skilled enough to recognise the birds or their bird songs....
View ArticleAlmost 4,000 bird dealers busted by INTERPOL
Interpol environmental crimes division has announced that almost 4,000 dealers in wild birds have been caught from Operation Cage – a three-month intensive investigation between May and June focusing...
View ArticleFears grow for owls as Hindu festival approaches
Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, is a bright and colourful religious festival for the Hindu faith. It is a 5 day festival that celebrates the return of lord Rama from his 14 year exile. Today the...
View ArticleBirds or gorillas – the future for Uganda ecotourism
There’s a bit of a debate growing in Uganda over which brings in more money birdwatching or gorilla watching. Nature Uganda, the country’s natural history society, has released figures that claim that...
View ArticleCan restaurants help save the vulture?
GPS tracking of young white-backed vultures in southern Africa shows that these fast diminishing birds tend to avoid national parks and prefer to feed on dead cattle on grasslands and farmland. This...
View ArticleA beginner birdwatching scope for World Wetland Day
Today is World Wetland Day when we can celebrate the biodiversity of one of the most threatened habitats on the planet. In the last 100 years it is claimed that as much as half of the planets wetlands...
View ArticleCarbofuran the weapon of choice against birds of prey in UK
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have today published maps to show the incidents of illegal poisonings of birds of prey in England and Wales. One map covers incidents during...
View ArticleAfrican parrots return home from Bulgaria
Thirty-two illegally caught African Gray parrots that ended up being seized in Bulgaria have now found their way back home to Africa in a first of its kind operation. While confiscated parrots in...
View ArticleAre gardens an ecological trap for birds?
Gardens are often thought of as havens for many bird species and many gardeners don’t just feed the birds but put up nest boxes to attract birds into their garden to breed. However an interesting study...
View ArticleBird numbers crash at Lough Neagh due to greener agriculture
Britain and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake, Lough Neagh has seen over-wintering bird numbers crash by more that 75% over the last 10 years. Ironically one of the main reasons for the crash is farm...
View ArticleFirst wind power generation company prosecuted for killing birds
Wind turbines can have a devastating impact on birds and bats. But with a need to switch over to renewable and low pollution sources of energy should wind turbine operators be made criminally...
View ArticleChildren to be banned from feeding birds in parks (Editorial)
In a measure that is certain to increase the alienation of wildlife from people Stoke City Council is set to ban the feeding of wildlife in its parks. Citing complaints of large congregations of...
View ArticleVultures under threat – Europe ignores Asian lessons
Europe has failed to take notice of the Asian experience with the cattle drug Diclofenac as it becomes more widely available on the continent. Used to treat animals for inflammation and other diseases...
View Article$200 to reduce albatross deaths by 95%
A $200 device that can be fitted to trawlers has been demonstrated to reduce albatross by-catch deaths by 95% and scientists are now calling for the devices to be made mandatory. The bird scarring...
View ArticleUK courts give conditional discharge to trader of endangered species
Teeside Crown Court has given a taxidermist who traded illegally in endangered bird species a conditional discharge and a £300 fine. Lee Yafano, 41 years of Glenfield Drive, Middlesbrough, traded...
View ArticleCourt orders police investigation into bird charity
Intense lobbying by a hunting group in Malta has led to the magistrates court ordering police to investigate international wild bird charity Birdlife. The case involves Birdlife volunteers who handled...
View ArticleFirst ever illustrated world bird classification published
Lynx Edicíons and BirdLife International have published the first ever Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. The checklist classification uses new criteria and recognises 462 new species...
View ArticleHundreds of important sites for nature threatened with destruction
More than 350 of the planet’s most important sites for nature are threatened with being lost forever according to a new report by BirdLife International. Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)...
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